Summary
Hants Williams is an executive data leader and former nurse-scientist who blends clinical research rigor with a decade of hands-on data engineering and Python development. She has built AI/ML pipelines, patient-facing digital tools used by millions, and data products that helped two startups raise over $15M in venture funding. Her academic track record—PhD from Duke, a pain genetics postdoc, and faculty leadership at Stony Brook—drives her pragmatic approach to data strategy, governance, and reproducible research. At Fordham she now leads university-wide data governance, analytics, DBA, and integration efforts while remaining an active researcher and advisor to digital-health ventures. Notably, she founded a telehealth startup that raised seed VC and contributed a validated patient-reported outcome measure deployed across 30+ states. Curious and entrepreneurial, she thrives at the intersection of patient impact, productization, and rigorous analytics.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoc Pain Genetics, Postdoc Pain Genetics at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Nursing at Duke University
BS Nursing, BS Nursing at San Francisco State University
BA Double major behavioral science and psychology, BA Double major behavioral science and psychology at San José State University